Carboy-holder



(No Mbdel.)

A. A. ROBBINS. GARBOY HOLDER.

Patented Sept. 30, 1890.

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INVENT'UR WITN E55 E5 UNITED STATES I PATENT OFFICE.

ALFRED A. ROBBINS, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

CARBO Y-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 437,455, dated September 30, 1890.

Application filed April 3, 1888. Serial No. 269,512. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ALFRED A. ROBBINS, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city of Brooklyn, county of Kings, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Carboy-Holders, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a device for holding a carboy, and its case, while the same is being emptied of its contents; and the object of my improvement is to provide such aholder that shall be simple in construction and economical in its manufacture, and by the use of which the contents of the carboy may be removed with ease and safety.

My improved carboy-holder consists of an adjustable basket or frame-Work suspended between standards, as shown in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure l isa front elevation of my improved carboy-holder with a carboy therein. Fig. 2 is a side view of the same, showing in broken lines the position of the carboy when tipped for the purpose of pouring out its contents. Fig. 3 isa plan of the frame or basket of the holder folded up preparatory for packing.

A A are the standards between which the holder is supported.

B is the case of the carboy C.

D is a band, preferably of iron, which surrounds the case B, and is provided with the trunnions G.

E E are straps or bands, the ends of which are pivoted to the band D at 10 p and pass under the case B, thus forming the bottom of the basket or holder.

H is the enlarged end of the trunnion G.

J is the bearing in the standard A for the reception of the trunnion G.

K K are thumb-screws,'which pass through the band D.

S is a cross-bar connecting the feet of the standards A A and secured by the nuts N.

In using my improved carboy-holder the basket or frame-work D D E E is taken from the standards and put upon the floor with thepivoted straps E E turned outward, so that (the carboy being placed therein) the bottom of the carboy shall rest upon the floor within the band D. The band D is then raised, and by slightly tilting the carboy first on one end and then on the other the bands E E will swing under the carboy to form the bottom of the holder. The carboy is then secured from shifting within the holder by means of the screws K. The basket and carboy are then lifted into position between the standards A A.

To prevent the standards from spreading at their tops and thereby allowing the carboy to fall, I prefer to enlarge the ends of the trunnions, as shown at H in Fig. 1.

By pivoting the straps E E to the band D, as described, the former may be swung around into the same plane with the band D, as shown 6 in Fig. 3, and as the standards and cross-bar S are separable the advantages of my improved carboy-holder for the purposes of convenient and compact packing will at once be apparent.

As carboys vary somewhat in size, the basket D D E E may be made sufficiently large to hold the largest size, and then by means of the set-screws K K smaller carboys may be held firmly in position and prevented from shifting. within the basket.

The band D passes entirely around the carboy, and the function of the screws K, which pass through the same, is simply to prevent the shifting of the carboy within its holder. 8 The weight of the carboy does not in any manner come upon these screws, but is supported entirely by the bands E E. The carboy therefore cannot fall or slip down, as often happens when it is supported by screws, especially if the wooden case of the carboy be soft or rotten.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure "by Letters Patent, is-= i. In a carboy-holder, the band D, provided 90. with trunnions G and having pivoted to it the straps E, which latter are adapted to be swung into and out of the plane of said band D and when swung under the carboy-case form the bottom of the holder and sustain the weight of the carboy, in combination with suitable standards, substantially as shown and described. I

2. In a carboy-holder, the band D, provided with thetrunnions G and set-screws K, and the straps E, pivoted to the band D and adapted to be swung into and out of the plane 5 of said band and when swung under the carboy-case form the bottom of the holder and sustain the weight of the cal-boy, in combination with suitable standards, substantially as shown and described.

ALFRED A; ROBBINS.

\Vitnesses:

JAMES WATSON, GEO. M. BAKER. 

